So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish

"So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish"
-Douglas Adams, 1984

Darlings, it is time for one of those good news/bad news blogs. I have been job hunting to return back across the pond for some time now. I am pleased to announce that I have achieved this goal. The offer came in this morning and I will be heading back to the UK after 11 years of colonial living. Not the location we had hoped for but the money was too good to say no and this will bring us closer to family.

As I learned from Bianca maintaining a blog and working full time are two things that clash horribly. We talked it over and decided to retire the blog. So almost 2 years and 5 months we say goodbye to blogging Second Life. (Rumour Has It will be independent and sometimes updated. To contribute, see the bottom of this blog.)We will maintain our Second Lives as we did before blogging. Second Life has been part of us since 2005 and has helped us keep in touch with people throughout the world.

We could have gone the whole fake death, fake illness, fake surgery, fake financial problems, fake family problems route but we felt it has been overdone in the last few months. We feel this change is for the positive and will not belittle it by fake tragedy.


Then - 2005/2006
Favourite Skin :: Celestial Studios, Nevermore, Tete-a-Pied
Favourite Hair :: Lashed, FKNY Cake, Panache
Favourite Shape :: None
Favourite Eyes: Raspberry and Cow
Favourite Clothes :: PixelDolls, Celestial Studios, Deadly Nightshade
Favourite Shoes :: Shiny Things, PixelDolls
Favourite Accessories :: Shiny Things, FKNY Cake

Now - July 2009
Favourite Skin :: Celestial Studios, Fishy Strawberry
Favourite Hair :: B Spot, Here Comes Trouble, Tousled
Favourite Eyes :: Laqroki, Philotic Energy
Favourite Clothes :: AOHARU, PixelDolls, silentsparrow
Favourite Shoes :: Tesla, Kumamoto Japan
Favourite Shapes :: SinSkins
Favourite Accessories :: Twisted & Spoiled, Alienbear



(Xevv Boram July 2006- Deadly Nightshade Clothes :: Panache Hair :: TaP Skin; unsure of the specific details)

(ElleM Magic June 2009 - SinSkin :: Seren Shape, Laqroki :: Reflect True Silver Eyes, Celestial Studios :: Vogue Skin - Bronzed - Vamp - Seduce and Deviant Lashes Size 2, Here Comes Trouble :: KatLin - Brown, Kumoto Japan :: Brown Shoes, Silentsparrow :: Fall is Not Easy - Berry :: :: AnimaH AO Poses :: LF Chai Windlight Settings w/ clouds turned off)

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Puzzlement at the Hair Fair

Darlings, Bianca and I have finally gotten ourselves over to the Hair Fair this year. We have discovered things that made us delight and things that made us cry.

1. Build: The Hair Fair build itself was beautifully sweet with most of the designers keeping with the look of the build. There were a few exceptions:




2. Hair: Most of the hair was wonderful, beautiful, or wild. There was one glaring exception to this as with most things. Darlings, one designer in particular stood out as the maker of the worst hair at the fair and quite possibly in all of Second Life. Most of this designer's hair is only 1 prim and it shows.


3. Demos: There is a growing trend in demos that are utterly useless. Several of the designers have demos that detract from viewing their hair that it becomes impossible to judge the hair properly. On an added note, there is a black demo epidemic. Black demos hide the flaws in the texturing and should never be used to sell your product.



4. One Linden Logo Gift: Sweeties, do not charge us to wear items that advertise your store. We understand store in first life have logo shirts as well but at a fair they give these items out for free.

5. Missing Designers: Darlings, we are not talking about the old has-been designers who did not sign up for this year's event but rather those that signed up, made the commitment to their charity, and then did not bother to show up. We have passed empty booths for several designers. We understand that Foam had no choice but to pull out after it was discovered they were teenagers and were banned from the adult grid. We will let Nushru off the hook as the designer has been ill. (Source: Vain Inc. Group)

6. Dual Avatar Hair Designers: Darlings, why would a designer need 2 avatars to make hair stores? We should ask Truth Hawks and Novo Zimerman or Nylon Pinkney and Bubbles Clawtooth. (Source: Plurk)

7. Organizers: Most of the organizers we encountered while at the fair were polite and professional. Out of the 4 organizers we observed stood out as being a bit of a cold fish. She typed out curt answers and was often trite. I wont name names but I will say she is from the place that is trying to ban Second Life.

8. The Lag Debate: There is a debate between the different ways to reduce lag. One camp says remove attachments(low script, low arc) and the other camp wags their fingers and says that is wrong. We conducted an experiment on 4 different computers and found that by combining the ideas from both camps we had the least amount of lag. We are here to declare that both camps are wrong. They should learn to get along and perhaps the next major event will be less laggy. I hear the Skin Fair is just around the corner if the Divas can stop throwing tantrums.


Bonus round:
Elle's favorite gifts.


Exile :: Rayne, Sari's :: Short n Sweet Dreads, Rosy Mood :: Flow


Philotic Energy :: Jessica, Ingenue :: Torch Song Updo, Discord Designs :: Niobe


B Spot :: Anne, Onigiri :: Mint, Tea Lane :: Evangeline


Goldie Locks :: Muriel, Here Comes Trouble :: KatLin, Black Maria :: Freehair


Some pictures by Bianca Frump.

Hair Fair gifts:
Philotic Energy :: PE Eyes-Cornflower M
Twisted & Spoiled :: Red Dress
Twisted & Spoiled :: Cherry Necklace
Twisted & Spoiled :: Heels Espadrille Shoes
Mela's :: Ghettoblaster 02 (rh)pose

Other items:
Celestial Studios :: (DN) Vogue Bronzed(Last Call - G String)
Celestial Studios :: (CS) Lashes - Deviant - Size 2

Rumour has it

Darlings, it is time again for another addition of "Rumour has it" and we have found a fab new source for rumours and gossip, Plurk. You do not even need a Plurk account to skim through all the drama.

Rumour has it, the sloashy designer has been using her new job and plurk to elevate her status. (True)

Rumour has it, a certain major event is going more smoothly than in the past because several Divas opted out this year. (True)

Rumour has it, Spencer Pratt has renounced his ways and promised to no longer be a total smeg. (Hell froze over?)

Rumour has it, an egotistical 80s tosser attempts to seduce married women with children while living in his mum's basement. (True)

Rumour has it, a certain freebie blogger is working hard to prove that he is a wanker by demanding better quality freebies from designers. (True, sadly)

Rumour has it, snarky bloggers are depressed because it is a drama-free week. (False)

Rumour has it, a group of designers believes that having a no-rez option on objects will stop the Copybot. (True, but they are mistaken in their belief.)

Rumour has it, a fired blogger went off the deep end, wore adult diapers, and drove non-stop cross-country to confront her boss. (False, I hope)

Rumour has it, nutball du jour, angry that she is no longer the loon on everyone's lips has gone on a new attack. (False, but we predict this will come true.)

Rumor has it, a certain event angered shoppers with its lag-inducing, sculpty road and limited shops. (True)

Rumour has it

Darlings, real life has taken a hold of us. All the lovelies we have missed are highly amusing. Fashion Blogger week drama seems to have been abound. Sweeties, we are sorry to miss such torrid drama but, alas, our first lives come first.

Rumour has it, a male freebie blogger is getting too big for his prims and making demands for more male freebie from designers. (True)

Rumour has it, Elle and Bianca sleep in the nude. (Wouldn't you like to know?)

Rumour has it, a fashion diva needs a reality check for believing that everyone truly adores her. (True)

Rumour has it, a pregnant goldfish is called a twit. (True)

Rumour has it, a washed-up fashion blogger has been seen licking arse with a sloshy designer. (True)

Rumour has it, a particular designer is retiring to live life as an alt. (Maybe)

Rumour has it, a snarky blogger is up in arms over criticism for their latest foray. (False)

Rumour has it, a child-sex play nutter is pleading with people to be their friend. (True & Gross)

Rumour has it, Plurk is secretly run by those at Linden Lab. (False, I hope)

Rumour has it, a C list designer was spitting mad over the current round of attacks from the nutball du jour. (True)

Rumor has it, our suspicion about the fake death turned out to be very accurate. (True)